Square Enix and Business Model Disruption - Event tonight at Columbia!
This evening, I will be a discussant at an event sponsored by the Columbia Center on Japanese Economy and Business. Entitled Video Games and the Shaping of Industrial Transformation, the event will feature a keynote speech by Yoichi Wada, the CEO of Square Enix, a global videogaming company with titles such as "Final Fantasy" to its credit. In his talk, Mr. Wada will trace the evolution of the game business as it moves from hardware and software running on dedicated systems, to consoles running more sophisticated games and software, to today's environments when games are increasingly running in the cloud, people play against other people, and the goal is to create a complete user experience that is unmatched by others. One of the more fascinating aspects of his experience is seeing how the industry has navigated - and in some cases missed - these technological and user experience transitions.
In my discussant role, I'm going to speak about the dynamics of business model innovation as well. I'll be describing the early warnings that a business model may be in trouble - namely, that new innovations stop increasing competitive differentiation; or new technologies make desirable new functionality possible or of course when the issues start turning up in the numbers. I've written about this before in an article (and live interview) over at my Harvard Business blog. Those interested in the topic can hear the actual interview, or of course, read the article.
If any of my readers would like slides or further references, drop me an email.
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- Posted Rita McGrath on February 21, 2012
Upcoming Webinar on Business Model Innovation - Complimentary to readers of my blog
I’m pleased to invite readers of my blog to an interactive webinar with myself and Professor Paul Ingram, faculty director of the Columbia Senior Executive Program, to discuss my recent interview in Harvard Business Review on identifying when business models are in trouble and how to develop innovative new ones.
The webinar, taking place February 15 at 2 p.m. (EST), will offer opportunities to exchange ideas and ask questions both during and after the webinar. It should last about 30 minutes.
Register for this complimentary webinar.
If you have additional questions about the event or program, please contact Anthony Madonna at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or 212-854-6016.
We hope you can join us February 15.
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- Posted Rita McGrath on February 10, 2011
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